Even though I wasn’t in the best of shopping moods when I was out in San Francisco, after walking into 20 different vintage stores, rifling like crazy and basically ransacking the stores the best I could, I came out with nada. I wasn’t trying to penny-pinch and I DID see a lot of wonderful things…velvet… Continue reading Getting older and selective
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The Non-Vintage Vintage
The blisters on my feet can testify that I did a lot of walking (I was wearing flats but the inevitable rubbing happened…). I did the Polk Street strip, the Haight Street trek, the Valencia/Mission (I’m saving Thrift Town for tomorrow though…) patch and the Hayes Valley gander…all in one day… but the shopping muse… Continue reading The Non-Vintage Vintage
High Street Snacking
Despite San Fran being the foodie city that it is, I’ve been fairly good, as I’ve had a bit of an iffy stomach and not wanting to snack as much as I usually do in London. Instead though, my snacking vice has been transferred elsewhere… The bloody high street. Fellow colleagues were eager to go… Continue reading High Street Snacking
So it begins…
I didn’t really have much time to walk around PROPERLY but seeing as the weather is truly gorgeous here in San Francisco, the streets actually BEG to be walked on. I didn’t expect to buy anything 3 hours after landing here but at Crossroads Trading Co. on Fillmore Street, a $20 buy came in the… Continue reading So it begins…